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President Faye, keep these type of people at arm's length to succeed

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, President-elect of Senegal. [Courtesy]

Your Excellency Bassirou Diomaye Faye, President-elect of Senegal. Greetings from the land of duck speak. I am pleased to send this message of goodwill, following your election victory as the fifth president of Senegal.

Senegal humbles us. We are reminded of the philosopher-king, Leopold Senghor, the first African President to voluntarily retire in 1980. The philosopher and poet wowed us, as students.

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